Jonah Blank

Jonah Blank, author of ‘Arrow of the Blue-Skinned God: Retracing the Ramayana Through India,’ is a senior political scientist at the US think-tank, RAND Corporation. He tweets @JonahBlank

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Hegseth’s ‘Kill Everybody’ order amounts to murder and should horrify AmericansSubscriber Only

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The Trump administration has launched 21 strikes so far, killing at least 83 people. The real question is much larger: Why should we believe he'll stop there?

Thu, Dec 04, 2025

There’s no place for Usha Vance in her husband’s America — or for my family and meSubscriber Only

November 03, 2025 11:53 IST

The 'Christian Nationalist' version of the faith that the US Vice President professes excludes everyone who doesn't fit its America First identity

Wed, Nov 05, 2025

Obama’s Nobel was questionable. Trump getting one would be downright absurdSubscriber Only

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There is no concept of anything larger than himself. Every policy, every decision, every initiative is always based on feeding Trump's insatiable hunger for self-gratification

Wed, Oct 08, 2025

Charlie Kirk murder Marco Rubio wants US to revoke visas of people celebrating the killing of political figures

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America is changing so very fast. We've always thought of ourselves as the freest society in the world. But our government is now openly trying to shut down political thought with which it disagrees

Thu, Sep 18, 2025

Support for Palestinian statehood is growing. But will it matter?Subscriber Only

August 29, 2025 15:06 IST

Pretty soon, maybe even by the end of September, the only nations opposing this global consensus will be Israel and the US. Or, in a less optimistic light: The only two nations with the power to do anything

Fri, Aug 29, 2025

Alaska summit: Putin hoodwinks Trump, yet againSubscriber Only

August 17, 2025 13:31 IST

Where are we left after a whirlwind summit that achieved absolutely nothing? Exactly where we were beforehand, but with a few illusions stripped away

Sun, Aug 17, 2025

India, Trump just wasn’t that into youSubscriber Only

August 07, 2025 12:16 IST

The US President doesn’t care about Russian oil or Ukraine. What he’s upset about is India standing up for itself

Fri, Aug 08, 2025

Trump’s bizarre threat to punish Brazil for acting like a democracy will backfire on AmericansSubscriber Only

July 15, 2025 13:51 IST

In the past, all US presidents did their moral preaching in rhetorical support of democracy and rule of law. With Trump, we have a president actively jawboning foreign leaders against these values

Tue, Jul 15, 2025

Israel has all but guaranteed Iran’s nuclearisationSubscriber Only

June 17, 2025 12:27 IST

It may not happen immediately. But after seeing what happens when one doesn’t possess a nuclear deterrent, why would any sane Iranian leader not race full-out for a bomb?

Sat, Jun 21, 2025

Trump’s latest travel ban isn’t about national security — it’s about national identity and who’s allowed to belongSubscriber Only

June 06, 2025 12:00 IST

Counterterrorism is the stated goal. But the data — and his own words — tell a different story. Countries that have produced the most dangerous terrorist threats to America are absent from the ban

Wed, Jun 18, 2025

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Despite Tillerson, US won’t abandon Pakistan for IndiaSubscriber Only

October 27, 2017 08:15 IST

There is no new US policy towards Pakistan and there won’t be one soon. As long as the US has troops in neighboring Afghanistan, it will be reliant on Pakistan for logistical support, transit, and—perhaps most importantly—Islamabad’s influence with both the Taliban and its affiliated Haqqani Network

Fri, Oct 27, 2017